URLs still appearing in the Chrome address bar after clearing history?

May 31, 2015 12:16 PM

I've cleared my history, cookies, cache, etc. restarted Chrome but my history is still showing up when I type in the address bar. Any ideas why this is happening and how to fix it?
posted by jsmith78 to Computers & Internet (9 answers total)

Are you signed into Chrome? (In settings, it's the top section). That saves history and stuff outside of what "clear history" will clear.
posted by brainmouse at 12:20 PM on May 31, 2015

Are you signed into chrome somewhere else- like at work?
posted by the twistinside at 12:20 PM on May 31, 2015

You can also just try clearing your synced data by following the instructions here.
posted by brainmouse at 12:20 PM on May 31, 2015

Autocomplete is separate from browsing history. You need to clear the autocomplete data.
posted by ocherdraco at 1:19 PM on May 31, 2015 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: I've cleared all sync data from other Chrome accounts, but still showing up...
posted by jsmith78 at 2:06 PM on May 31, 2015

Best answer: Maybe you accidentally added a bookmark? Autocomplete suggests the URLs you have bookmarked.
posted by water under the bridge at 2:34 PM on May 31, 2015 [2 favorites]

Chrome predicts URLs as well as giving historic URLs. You can turn them off.
posted by Ness at 1:45 AM on June 1, 2015

You can highlight it and press SHIFT+DELETE.
posted by jeffamaphone at 8:08 AM on June 1, 2015 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: water under the bridge, that's what it was! Thanks for everyone's help, it was driving me crazy!
posted by jsmith78 at 8:54 PM on June 1, 2015